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Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery Republic of Nicaragua [ Country-by-Country
Reports ] The Nicaragua is a
source country for women and children trafficked for the purposes of
commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Women and children are
trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation within the country and transnationally,
primarily to Guatemala and El Salvador. In smaller numbers, women and
children are also trafficked for sexual exploitation to Costa Rica, Mexico,
Honduras, Venezuela, Spain, and the United States. The most prevalent form of
internal trafficking is believed to be the exploitation of minors in
prostitution, including for child sex tourism. However, children are also
trafficked within the country for forced labor in construction, agriculture,
the fishing industry, and for domestic servitude. Districts with identified
human trafficking activity include Rio San Juan, Rivas, Madriz, Chinandega,
Managua, Esteli, and Nueva Segovia. Young Nicaraguan males are also
trafficked for the purpose of forced labor in agriculture and construction
from southern border areas to Costa Rica. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in
Persons Report, June, 2008 [full country report] |
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Child gold miners in Nicaragua Featured here are images by
Reuters photographer Oswaldo Rivas of child gold miners working in Nicaraguan
mines. While more than 300,000 children between five and 17 work at underpaid
jobs instead of going to school, the Nicaraguan government is working to pass
a law to eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs that exploit children. ***
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Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs INCIDENCE
AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Some children are forced by their parents to beg, and some are
“rented” out by their parents to organized groups of beggars. Bur of Democracy,
Human Rights & Labor - Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005 TRAFFICKING
IN PERSONS –
Government officials, NGOs, and other organizations characterized trafficking
as a growing problem throughout the region. The government, NGOs, and media
periodically reported cases of individual women trafficked to brothels in Concluding Observations
of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - 2005 [62] The Committee further notes
that the domestic legislation does not seem to contain provisions punishing
sale and trafficking of children for the purpose of economic exploitation. Freedom
House Country Report - Political Rights: 3 Civil Liberties: 3 Status: Partly Free Human Rights Overview by Human
Rights Watch – Defending Human Rights Worldwide U.S. Library of Congress
- Country Study PHOTOS:
Child gold miners in Nicaragua Featured here are images by
Reuters photographer Oswaldo Rivas of child gold miners working in Nicaraguan
mines. While more than 300,000 children between five and 17 work at underpaid
jobs instead of going to school, the Nicaraguan government is working to pass
a law to eradicate the ten most dangerous jobs that exploit children. Trafficking
in Children in Latin America and the Caribbean [PDF] [page 4] FINAL DESTINATIONS - Costa Rica is a principle
receiving country for sexual tourism in both the region and the world; a
quick browse on the Internet provides sufficient evidence of this
phenomenon. Nicaragua is a principle “supplier” of trafficked children to
destinations throughout Central America as documents are falsified with
relative ease. Child
Labour News Service Release - March 15 2002 CENTRAL AMERICA BASTION OF CHILD
SEXUAL EXPLOITATION -
Central America has become one of the most attractive regions for
paedophiles. Poverty, the low risk of
facing criminal charges and a high degree of government corruption contribute
to attracting men to the area who want to sexually exploit children. According to the report, Nicaragua
is the "principal supplier of sexual victims for the whole
region." Harris said, "Many
Nicaraguans, adults, adolescents and even minors, end up in centres in
Honduras, El Salvador, and principally Guatemala, and in the south their
destination is Costa Rica, where there is the most intense sexual
tourism." U.S.
Department of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs - Nicaragua CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA - There are reports of children
forced to work in the streets of Managua as vendors and beggars by their
parents; in some cases, these children are “rented” by their parents to
organized networks of beggars. Between 4,000 and 5,000 children are estimated
to work on the streets of the capital city, selling merchandise, cleaning
automobile windows, or working in other activities. House
Armed Services Committee Member Criticizes US Army & Air Force On December 5th, at a press
conference on Capitol Hill, McKinney and Congressman Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
called on the GAO to conduct an inquiry into the Pentagon agency’s practices.
Brown had traveled to Nicaragua in July where he interviewed former workers,
plant managers, and government officials. He and a series of delegations
including human rights and religious leaders documented brutal sweatshop
conditions in the Nicaraguan factory. The Pentagon claimed that its
investigators found no problems at the plant. All material used herein
reproduced under the fair use exception of 17 USC § 107 for noncommercial,
nonprofit, and educational use |
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